new or Uule-known Tipulidas. 547 



Abdominal tergites dark browu ; steruites greenish 

 testaceous. 



Hab. Noitli Queensland. 



Holotype, ? , Kxirauda, Cairus District, altitude 1100 feet, 

 April 1921 (^. P. Dodcl). 



Paratype, ? , Gordonvale, March 1921 [A. P. Dodd). 



" Holotj'pe on tree-trunk ; paratypo ou spider-web." 



Dicranomyia ivhitei, sp. n. 



General coloration dark brownish black, the thoracic 

 pleura pruinose ; wings nearly hyaline, the stigma con- 

 s[)icuously dark brown ; Sci ending a short distance beyond 

 tlie origin oi Rs ; abdomen dark brown, this colour including 

 the hypopygium. 



Male. — Length about 6'5 mm. ; wing 8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brownish black. Antennae 

 brownish black throughout; flagellar segments oval, be- 

 coming more elongate toward the end of the organ. Head 

 brownish grey. 



Thorax very deep, the mesonotnm unusually convex and 

 gibbous. Mesouotal prsescutum dark brownish grey, with- 

 out distinct stripes, the median area more brownish, these 

 passing into grey on the sides of the sclerite ; remainder of 

 tlje mesonotum more pruinose. Pleura dark with a grey 

 pruinosity. Halteres not unusually elongated, dark brown, 

 obscure yellow at base. Legs with the coxae brown ; tro- 

 chanters obscure yellow ; remainder of the legs broken. 

 Wings nearly hyaline ; stigma conspicuous, dark brown ; 

 veins dark brown. Venation : Sci ending a short distance 

 beyond the origin of Rs, Sc^ far from the tip of Sc^, the 

 latter alone only a little shorter than the basal deflection 

 of Cui ; Rs gently arcuated, about twice the deflection of 

 /?4^5 ; cell 15/ ilf 2 closed ; basal deflection of Cu^ at the 

 fork of M. 



Abdomen dark brown, including the hypopygium. Male 

 hypopygium with the ventral pleural appendage very large, 

 dark brown, the rostriform appendage on the inner lace 

 reddish brown, provided with two spines; dorsal pleural 

 appendage comparatively small, gently arcuated, terminating 

 in a long straight point. 



Hah. Tasmania. 



Holotype, ^ , Mangalore, September 25, 1912 (A. White). 



Type in the collection of the British Museum (Maturai- 

 11 istory) . 



This species is dedicated to the collector, the late Mr. 

 Arthur White. 



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